Zen Cart
{{Infobox software
| name = Zen Cart
| logo = ZenCart Logo.png
| logo size = 150px
| logo caption = The Art of Ecommerce
| screenshot = Zencart 1.5.5a Admin Panel Screenshot.png
| caption = Zencart Admin Panel screenshot.
(Version 1.5.5a)
| collapsible =
| author = Zen Ventures, LLC
| developer = [http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=infopages&pages_id=9 The Zen Cart Development Team]
| latest release version = {{Zen Cart version}}
| latest release date = {{Zen Cart version|releasedate}}
| operating system = Cross-platform
| genre = Online store management system
| license = GNU General Public License
| website = {{URL|http://www.zen-cart.com/}}
}}
Zen Cart is an online store management system.{{cite book|author1=Rongbo Zhu|author2=Yan Ma|title=Information Engineering and Applications: International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications (IEA 2011)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKAzECEfd-0C&pg=PA618|date=13 November 2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4471-2386-6|pages=618–}} It is PHP-based, using a MySQL database and HTML components. Support is provided for numerous languages and currencies, and it is freely available under the GNU General Public License.{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Numinix Web Development |title=Zen Cart Plugins by Numinix |url=https://www.numinix.com/shop-by-ecommerce-platforms-zen-cart-plugins-modules-c-179_250_373 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Numinix |language=en-US}}
History
Zen Cart is a software fork that branched from osCommerce in 2003.{{cite book|author=Liv Montgomery|title=Online Business Promotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qujI_ffy1PYC&pg=PT115|date=1 April 2011|publisher=AudioInk|isbn=978-1-61339-043-6|pages=115–}}{{cite book|author=Eddie Yu|title=Speedlights And Elephands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5CFAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT194|date=28 February 2014|publisher=Panoma Press|isbn=978-1-907722-54-7|pages=194–}} Beyond some aesthetic changes, the major differences between the two systems come from Zen Cart's architectural changes (for example, a template system) and additional included features in the core.{{cite book|author=Robert Steers|title=Building a Business Online|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDhQnVFVRSYC&pg=PT56|publisher=Robert Steers|isbn=978-1-4477-9584-1|pages=56–}} The release of the 1.3.x series further differentiated Zen Cart by moving the template system from its historic tables-based layout approach to one that is largely CSS-based.
Plugins
As support for Zen Cart dropped in recent years, many third party companies are creating Zencart plugins and modules that can help users solve problems like installing reCAPTCHA v3{{Cite web |title=reCAPTCHA v3 |url=https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Google Developers |language=en}}
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.zen-cart.com/}}
Category:Free e-commerce software
Category:Free software programmed in PHP